Edward Snowden: Hero or traitor?

National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, an analyst with a U.S. defense contractor, is pictured during an interview with the Guardian in his hotel room in Hong Kong.

National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, an analyst with a U.S. defense contractor, is pictured during an interview with the Guardian in his hotel room in Hong Kong. (Reuters)

Did Edward Snowden do the right thing? He’s the 29-year-old who revealed the vast extent to which the National Security Agency collects information on phone calls made by Americans. He said he did so because he was appalled by the broad sweep of the U.S. government’s reach. “I don’t want to live in a society that does these sort of things.” But James Clapper, Obama’s director of National Intelligence, said Snowden’s leaks have done “huge, grave damage” to “our intelligence capabilities.” What’s your view?